Next, Suo Mo sold several gems in exchange for two hundred gold coins, buying some medicinal herbs and a large cauldron.
Also several greatswords, a powerful bow, and several bags of arrows.
All these items were preparations for the blood bath tempering.
After leaving the Ghost Market, Suo Mo immediately led Lanling deep into the Savage Wilderness forest to hunt.
Because a blood bath was required, extremely ferocious wild beasts had to be selected for bleeding.
This kind of hunting required extreme caution, because every inch of forest and mountain range in the Savage Wilderness World was owned. Entering another tribe’s territory to hunt could result in death at best, or trigger inter-tribal war at worst.
Fortunately, Lanling possessed heaven-defying mental power. Once someone approached, he could detect them from very far away.
“Beast Origin Pills are extremely precious, and a person usually only has one chance to take them. The effect of a second dose is very small.” Suo Mo said, “So the blood bath becomes very important. The blood of ordinary wild beasts and advanced wild beasts can differ in effect by one to two times or more.”
Lanling said, “Then what counts as the blood of an advanced wild beast?”
“Werewolf blood counts as an advanced blood bath.” Suo Mo said, “But the top-tier blood bath is the blood of a Demon-Toothed Tiger.”
The Demon-Toothed Tiger was considered the overlord of the forests in this Savage Wilderness World. It had a massive body, boundless strength, and was extremely cunning and sharp.
This kind of ferocious beast, unless under special circumstances, would generally not be hunted by ordinary tribes.
The so-called special circumstances were either the chief’s throne being worn out and needing a brand new tiger skin, or encountering a major event like the chief’s birthday.
The price of hunting a Demon-Toothed Tiger was truly too great. Dozens of people dying was normal.
It was not only boundlessly strong, but also nearly impervious to blades and spears. And its teeth and claws were completely sharper than swords and blades.
Not only that, its roar was a completely heaven-defying killing weapon.
Anyone with martial arts below Demon Warrior level, if roared at from close range, would at best have their ears deafened, and at worst have their internal organs displaced, vomiting blood and dying.
“Last time when I was capturing the griffin beast, I passed through a mountain range and discovered the traces of a Demon-Toothed Tiger.” Suo Mo said, “At that time, I very carefully avoided it, because an adult Demon-Toothed Tiger is truly too powerful and terrifying.”
Lanling said, “Uncle, if I use Demon-Toothed Tiger blood for the blood bath, then take the Beast Origin Pill, how much can my cultivation level break through?”
“At least, Eight-star Demon Warrior.” Suo Mo said.
Lanling said, “What if it is werewolf blood?”
Suo Mo said, “Seven-star Demon Warrior!”
Lanling said, “Then what are the characteristics of the Demon-Toothed Tiger?”
Suo Mo said, “Its skin looks very soft, but once attacked, it instantly solidifies and hardens, becoming completely impervious to blades and spears. And although it has a massive body, its speed is incomparably agile. Also its strength is boundlessly great, exceeding ten thousand jin. The most astonishing thing is its roar. Even Demon Warrior level experts, if roared at by it, would become dizzy and have bleeding ears. Advanced warriors roared at by it would even have their internal organs displaced and vomit blood to death.”
After hearing this, Lanling felt this was completely a boss of this mountain range.
Suo Mo said, “If I were alone, I would not go hunt the Demon-Toothed Tiger, because it is very difficult to succeed and poses a life-threatening danger.”
Lanling was greatly startled.
Suo Mo could be considered a top expert within several hundred li in radius, even ranking among the very best in the surrounding few tribes.
Even he said that going to hunt the Demon-Toothed Tiger posed a life-threatening danger.
Lanling said, “Then what fatal weaknesses does the Demon-Toothed Tiger have?”
Suo Mo said, “Its eyes and nostrils are very soft, the only places that can be pierced. So to kill a Demon-Toothed Tiger, one must attack these two places. But as you know, whether it is the nostrils or the eyes, they are both very very small, merely one to two inches. And the Demon-Toothed Tiger’s speed is so fast. So, if not for your heaven-defying archery, Little Ling, I would not even mention the Demon-Toothed Tiger.”
That’s right, Lanling’s archery was heaven-defying.
Suo Mo said, “The Demon-Toothed Tiger moves too fast. Among the people of the surrounding dozens of tribes, not a single divine archer could shoot its eyes and nose, but you can!”
Lanling’s arrow skills could no longer be described as hitting the target every time.
Lanling said, “Fine, then let us go hunt the Demon-Toothed Tiger!”
Suo Mo said, “Little Ling, you must think this through. Once the shot fails, the Demon-Toothed Tiger will become extremely dangerous. Even with my martial arts, I may not be able to protect your lives. It is impervious to blades and spears, boundlessly strong, a super ferocious beast that no one dares provoke.”
Lanling said, “I have thought it through. The opportunity for a blood bath is so rare, so we must use the best.”
Suo Mo nodded and said, “Fine, then let us go hunt the Demon-Toothed Tiger.”
…
Suo Mo led Lanling and the other person, trekking one hundred and seventy li, deep into a massive mountain range, climbing toward the highest peak.
All three wore newly bought fine leather armour, carefully searching for traces of the Demon-Toothed Tiger.
The mountain terrain here was very steep and fierce, the vegetation not dense. When Suo Mo had captured the griffin a few months ago, to save time, he had taken this perilous mountain range.
Shortly after entering this perilous great mountain, the three of them immediately smelled a urine stench.
This was the territorial marker left by the Demon-Toothed Tiger, representing that you had already invaded its territory and would face fatal danger.
The three continued deeper, carefully discovering traces on the ground.
After going over ten li deep.
“Here, there are fresh footprints of the Demon-Toothed Tiger.” Suo Mo said.
Lanling stepped forward to look. These footprints were truly large, over twenty centimetres in diameter, seven to eight centimetres deep.
Just how massive was this Demon-Toothed Tiger’s body?
These footprints were fresh, showing that this Demon-Toothed Tiger had passed by not long ago.
The three followed the tracks all the way, walking over twenty li, arriving at a massive cliff.
On the cliff over ten metres high, there was a cave entrance.
Lanling closed his eyes and released his mental power.
Instantly, he easily sensed a powerful energy body.
That’s right, that should be a Demon-Toothed Tiger, inside the cave on the cliff.
Lanling was startled. This cliff was so high and steep, over ten metres high. The Demon-Toothed Tiger actually made its home up here? It could climb such a steep cliff?
“Uncle, it is inside.” Lanling said.
“One, or two?” Suo Mo asked.
“One.” Lanling said.
“You two retreat…” Suo Mo said, then he drew his greatsword.
Amo also drew her greatsword.
Lanling picked up the powerful bow, nocked an arrow, and drew. It was a pity they could not buy dark gold-plated arrowheads here, otherwise it would truly be indestructible.
Suo Mo looked toward Lanling, gesturing to ask if he was ready?
Lanling nodded, indicating he was ready.
The three hearts were pounding wildly. After all, this was the ferocious beast overlord within several hundred li in radius, an extremely dangerous and powerful Demon-Toothed Tiger.
At this moment, even from this distance, they could hear its heartbeat, its breathing, like distant muffled thunder.
Suo Mo began counting down. Three, two, one!
Then, he picked up a stone and fiercely threw it toward the Demon-Toothed Tiger’s cave.
“Roar…”
The jungle overlord Demon-Toothed Tiger inside was startled awake. Immediately after came a thunder-like tiger roar.
This was practically an ultrasonic weapon.
Lanling was very far away, over a hundred metres, but still felt his eardrums tearing, his head feeling as if it would explode.
Not only that, his entire chest felt as if struck by an iron hammer, his internal organs churning.
From this far away, it had such power. If one were close, one might truly be deafened, or even vomit blood.
Amo’s cultivation was relatively low. Her face instantly showed an expression of extreme pain, blood already flowing from her nose.
This was merely the power of the Demon-Toothed Tiger’s roar from over a hundred metres away.
Immediately after, Lanling felt the ground shake violently.
An incomparably massive ferocious beast suddenly charged out from the cave.
It was actually… this this big?
Over three metres tall, over eight metres long, probably over ten thousand jin.
Roughly over ten times the size of the largest tiger on Earth.
Not only that, it also grew two fangs over a chi long, actually flashing with a metallic lustre, incomparably sharp.
And each of its claws was like a four-inch long dagger.
After this super ferocious beast charged out, seeing only a mere three people, its eyes actually showed a trace of disdain.
Its eyes and nostrils were indeed very small, barely only one inch in diameter, so they looked very disproportionate.
“Whoosh…”
After charging out of the cave, it directly pounced down like lightning, leaping from the cliff over ten metres high, directly pouncing toward Suo Mo.
Suo Mo was dozens of metres away from the cave.
But this Demon-Toothed Tiger actually seemed capable of flight, directly pouncing over, stirring up an astonishing hurricane.
One could say, Suo Mo was completely entrusting his life to Lanling.
This super Demon-Toothed Tiger’s astonishing pounce, its force was far more than tens of thousands of jin? Once pounced upon by the Demon-Toothed Tiger, at least half a life would be lost.
Moreover, this ferocious beast’s speed was truly incomparably fast, like a whirlwind of lightning.
A normal archer, even a divine archer, would fundamentally be unable to aim.
Only Lanling!
He first condensed his mental power, pulling the image closer, closer, closer.
This Demon-Toothed Tiger seemed to instantly arrive before him.
Then, within the perception world, time continuously slowed, slowed, slowed.
The Demon-Toothed Tiger’s speed was fast as lightning, but within Lanling’s perception world, it slowed by at least twenty to thirty times or more.
Next, he began rapidly calculating the Demon-Toothed Tiger’s movement trajectory. Where would it be in 0.1 seconds, where in 0.2 seconds.
After the calculations were complete, Lanling then calculated his own arrow speed and angle.
This was an extremely complex process. Even for other geniuses to calculate, it would take a full several minutes.
However, for Lanling’s heaven-defying mental power, heaven-defying brain, it was completely instantaneous, not even 0.05 seconds needed.
All data calculations complete.
Lanling began his stunning performance.
“Swish swish swish swish swish swish…”
Linked arrows, a stunningly brilliant nineteen-linked arrow barrage.
These nineteen arrows almost formed a single arc in the air, shooting toward the Demon-Toothed Tiger’s eyes, nostrils, and mouth.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh…”
The Demon-Toothed Tiger was still pouncing in mid-air. Even though its speed was so fast, even though its eyes and nostrils were so small.
But Lanling still easily hit his marks.
However, an astonishing scene appeared!
When the sharp arrows were about to shoot into the Demon-Toothed Tiger’s eyes, it actually closed its eyes at the fastest speed.
“Ding ding ding…”
These arrows all shot onto its eyelids, leaving faint blood marks, then bounced away.
The Demon-Toothed Tiger’s skin looked very soft, but once attacked, it instantly solidified and became extremely hard, nearly impervious to blades and spears.
The arrows originally meant to pierce through the eyeballs into the brain were directly bounced away by its eyelids. Truly a pity, there were no dark gold-plated arrowheads for sale, otherwise Lanling would have already shot through its brain.
Of course, there were also many arrows shooting toward the Demon-Toothed Tiger’s nostrils.
However…
In the instant the arrows were about to shoot in, the Demon-Toothed Tiger actually fiercely shrank its nostrils, alive jamming the arrows in place.
Finally, there were four arrows that shot into its mouth. It had closed its mouth at the fastest speed, but still could not make it in time.
Four arrows directly shot into its mouth.
But this Demon-Toothed Tiger’s body was too massive. Even shooting into its mouth could not bring fatal harm, merely lodging inside.
But this had completely enraged it.
“Boom…”
This ten-thousand-jin Demon-Toothed Tiger fiercely pounced onto the ground. The entire ground almost violently trembled, stirring up a dust storm.
Suo Mo dodged at the fastest speed. Otherwise if pounced upon, at least half a life would be lost.
The wounded Demon-Toothed Tiger was incomparably furious. It fiercely roared toward Lanling’s direction.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh…” The four arrows lodged in its mouth actually reflected back, their force incomparably great.
And Lanling certainly would not let this opportunity slip, once again wildly shooting at its throat.
However… a terrifying scene happened once more.
Lanling’s arrows had not yet shot into the Demon-Toothed Tiger’s mouth when they were alive shattered in mid-air, then swept back by the blast.
This Demon-Toothed Tiger’s roar was actually so astonishing.
Behind him, Amo’s ears bled, her nose bled, her entire person sent flying.
And Lanling’s nose bled, his chest churning violently, almost vomiting blood.
“Little Ling, run…” Suo Mo let out a great roar, then gripping his greatsword with both hands, he fiercely pounced toward this Demon-Toothed Tiger.
At this moment, he was truly incomparably regretful. He truly should not have brought Lanling to hunt this Demon-Toothed Tiger.
Who would have known this tiger’s eye-closing speed was so fast, that it could even block Lanling’s arrows?
Suo Mo, not caring for his life, fiercely pounced onto the Demon-Toothed Tiger’s back, his greatsword wildly hacking and slashing.
How astonishing was Suo Mo’s strength, yet he only left wounds over an inch deep on this Demon-Toothed Tiger’s body.
And this Demon-Toothed Tiger completely ignored Suo Mo on its back, solely locking onto Lanling, because Lanling had shot and wounded its mouth.
It wanted revenge, to tear Lanling into pieces.
In this short distance of dozens of metres, this Demon-Toothed Tiger arrived in an instant.
At this speed, Lanling running away was completely meaningless.
“Roar…” It fiercely roared, raising its massive claw, fiercely swatting toward Lanling.
Its forelimb was four to five metres high, thick as an iron pillar, its swatting speed incomparably fast, bringing a gust of wind that made one unable to open their eyes.
And because of its roar, Lanling was shaken until his internal organs almost shifted, completely unable to flee.
Watching, Lanling was about to be alive swatted into meat paste.
“No…” Suo Mo let out a great roar, fiercely pouncing from the Demon-Toothed Tiger’s back toward Lanling, wanting to use his own body to block the tiger claw for Lanling.
And at this moment, Lanling only felt his internal organs trembling and shifting, his entire body’s bloodline boiling and burning.
Incomparably uncomfortable, incomparably painful.
“Roar…” Then, he also let out a fierce great roar.
His voice was far inferior to this Demon-Toothed Tiger’s roar.
But it was incomparably mysterious, incomparably majestic, incomparably distant, like thunder from beyond the nine heavens.
What Lanling released was a dragon roar!
This was a dragon roar!
Instantly awakening the Demon-Toothed Tiger’s ancient memories.
Unparalleled fear welled up in its heart, unparalleled terror welled up in its heart.
This ten-thousand-jin Demon-Toothed Tiger trembled, stopping all its movements, standing frozen there.
Immediately after, it immediately turned to flee frantically.
And at this moment Lanling fiercely pounced forward, gripping that dark gold dagger in his hand, aiming at its neck artery, fiercely stabbing in!
“Swish…”
Countless blood, the Demon-Toothed Tiger’s blood filled with scalding powerful energy, gushed out madly, pouring over Lanling’s body.
Powerful energy surged into Lanling’s body!